This blog focuses on news and information regarding practice in the federal courts in the Eastern District of California, with a special emphasis on criminal and civil rights cases.

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John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. John was an Assistant Federal Defender in Fresno and Sacramento from 1992-2001. He currently serves as an adjunct professor in clinical trial advocacy at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Please email EDCA items of interest to Balazslaw@gmail.com. Follow me on twitter @balazslaw.

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September 21, 2015

Vallejo Kidnapper Appears In EDCA Court

The last time Matthew Daniel Muller had a case in Sacramento federal court, the Harvard-trained defense attorney was handling a deportation matter filed in 2011.

On Monday, the Orangevale man made another appearance, this time as a defendant in a kidnapping case. He sat shackled at his waist and ankles as his parents and friends looked on in shock from the spectator gallery.

Muller, 38, is accused in the bizarre kidnap of a 29-year-old Vallejo woman in March. He made his initial appearance Monday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. He was taken to the Sacramento County Jail afterward and ordered to return to court Oct. 5.

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Vallejo Kidnapper Appears In EDCA Court

The last time Matthew Daniel Muller had a case in Sacramento federal court, the Harvard-trained defense attorney was handling a deportation matter filed in 2011.

On Monday, the Orangevale man made another appearance, this time as a defendant in a kidnapping case. He sat shackled at his waist and ankles as his parents and friends looked on in shock from the spectator gallery.

Muller, 38, is accused in the bizarre kidnap of a 29-year-old Vallejo woman in March. He made his initial appearance Monday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. He was taken to the Sacramento County Jail afterward and ordered to return to court Oct. 5.